- The ice cream cone was introduced in 1904.
- The coloured part of your eye is called the iris.
- Rainbows can only be seen in the morning or late afternoon (the sun needs to be less than 40 above the horizon).
- Forty is the only number whose letters are in alphabetical order.
- A pigeon's feathers are heavier than its bones.
- The name of the popular search engine 'Google' came from a misspelling of the word 'googol', which is a very large number (the number one followed by one hundred zeros to be exact).
- Between 1931 and 1969 Walt Disney was awarded 35 Oscars.
- Kangaroos can not walk backwards.
- Helminthophobia is the fear of worms.
- Polar bears have black skin.
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